On August eighth, 2023, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles celebrated its twentieth anniversary, launching on the identical day in 2003 in Japan.
Despite quite a few sequels gracing the Wii and DS over the following years, there hasn’t been a model new entry to the sub-series since 2009’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers on the Wii, and collection’ producer Akitoshi Kawazu is seemingly nicely conscious of this.
In an anniversary submit on the official Final Fantasy web site (thanks, Nintendo Everything), Kawazu laments his incapability to carry a brand new title to keen followers, stating that he “simply cannot discover the time to do all of it”. Nevertheless, he asks that followers “belief” {that a} new chapter will arrive “in the future”.
“It’s the twentieth anniversary of FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES. Personally, I really feel remorse for not having the ability to fulfill the followers who’ve been holding out hope for an all-new FFCC recreation. While there’s a lot I’d love to do, I simply cannot discover the time to do all of it. I do know that the characters need to shine once more, but I’ve been unable to supply them with one other journey.
“They’re wanting to got down to uncover the true that means of the crystals’ blessing, and very similar to these of us who have been cooped up at residence for the previous few years, they may solely gaze up on the skies above their respective cities, day after day. But new trials do await them—ones from which they’ll develop stronger. Please belief that in the future, a brand-new chapter can be added to their journey.”
Additionally, the collection’ Art Director Toshiyuki Itahana supplied a model new illustration to mark the twentieth anniversary, stating that he felt he was “reuniting with outdated buddies I hadn’t seen in without end”.
The authentic Crystal Chronicles obtained a remastered model in 2020 for the Nintendo Switch, bringing with it some revamped visuals, improved audio, and a heap of latest dungeons. We gave it a rating of 6/10 in our evaluate, stating that it is “the form of recreation that can sadly solely attraction to a comparatively restricted demographic”.
